PHP error - Cannot change session cookie parameters when session is active
Development and Programming
I’ve inherited an EE site from another developer that has a customised wishlist feature. For the wishlist to work it needs https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.session-start.php
However with this switched (via htaccess tweak) the EE backend then gives this error.
session_set_cookie_params(): Cannot change session cookie parameters when session is active
ee/legacy/libraries/Core.php, line 130
Severity: E_WARNINGRunning EE 4.3.8 - planning un update once I can figure out the severity of this issue.
Just want to know how serious this issue is. Can I safely ignore it?
The site is working fine, so I don’t want spend hours chasing a solution that isn’t strictly needed.
Thanks for getting in touch about this.
Unfortunately it’s hard to say what the impact might be without knowing how the custom wish list feature is written. That being said, I would also try changing the admin session type to be based on cookies to see if that resolves the issue.
https://docs.expressionengine.com/latest/control-panel/settings/security-privacy.html#cp-session-type
Thanks,
-Tom